Emerald vs Glenwood City

A side-by-side comparison of Emerald and Glenwood City: population, income, housing, and more.

Emerald and Glenwood City are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Glenwood City has the higher population (1,218 vs 148 in Emerald). Glenwood City has the higher median home value ($159,900 vs $136,100 in Emerald). Since 2019, Emerald's population has grown faster (+46.5% vs -3.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Emerald	Glenwood City
Population	148	1,218
Median age	43.1 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$70,833
Median home value	$136,100	$159,900
Median gross rent	$710	$1,194
Housing units	83	587
Homeownership rate	78.6%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emerald	Glenwood City
Population	101 → 148 (+46.5%)	1,256 → 1,218 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$43,333 → $47,679 (+10.0%)	$48,984 → $70,833 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$108,900 → $136,100 (+25.0%)	$120,000 → $159,900 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $710 (+11.3%)	$891 → $1,194 (+34.0%)

Emerald

Population

101148

Median household income

$43,333$47,679

Median home value

$108,900$136,100

Median gross rent

$638$710

Glenwood City

Population

1,2561,218

Median household income

$48,984$70,833

Median home value

$120,000$159,900

Median gross rent

$891$1,194

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emerald	Glenwood City
Under 5	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	11.5%	16.6%
18 to 24	17.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	16.9%	9.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	18.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	6.3%
75 and over	2.7%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emerald	Glenwood City
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emerald	Glenwood City
No high school diploma	21.9%	8.9%
High school graduate	45.7%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emerald	Glenwood City
Drove alone	77.3%	81.9%
Carpooled	13.6%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	9.7%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emerald	Glenwood City
1-unit, detached	80.7%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.6%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Emerald	Glenwood City
Poverty rate	18.2%	11.8%
Average household size	2.64	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	46	33
Median year structure built	1942	1974